Constituency
39. Mashrakh North
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MASHRAKH-NORTH
INC 46.3%won by 3.4%SWA 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.8% to 46.3% of the vote here (+12.5%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.3% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
23,661
Margin
804
3.40%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PRABHU NATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC10,96546.3%
- 2PRABHU NARAIN SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA10,16142.9%
- 3MRITUNJAYA SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,53510.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −30.4%
- INC share
- 33.8% → 46.3%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- — → —